title: Enhanced vision system for laparoscopic surgery.
abstract: Laparoscopic surgery offers benefits to the patients but poses new challenges to the surgeons, including a limited field of view. In this paper, we present an innovative vision system that can be combined with a traditional laparoscope, and provides the surgeon with a global view of the abdominal cavity, bringing him or her closer to open surgery conditions. We present our first experiments performed on a testbench mimicking a laparoscopic setup: they demonstrate an important time gain in performing a complex task consisting bringing a thread into the field of view of the laparoscope.
authors.forename: Brahim
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tamadazte
authors.forename: Gaelle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiard
authors.forename: Jean-Alexandre
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cinquin
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Voros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D055096:Optical Devices; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D010781:Photography; D012371:Robotics; D012666:Semiconductors; D034421:Sus scrofa
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D010087:Oxides